Plaster board or other panel structure



Feb- 28, 1933. E. F. VENUE l 1,899,653

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'Avfurther object of the present invention 1s Patented Feb. 28, 1933 -UNITED vSTATES EDMOND F. VENZIE,

PATENT] .OFFICE or rmLADELrmA, PENNSYLVANIA, AssIeNoE To FREDERICK n.

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PLASTER BoARD'oR oTrrEaa PANEL STRUCTURE .Application lled June 16, 1932. Serial4 No. 617,539

This invention, generally stated, relates'to building constructions and has more especial relation to a novel `form of plaster board' or like construction. y

One object of the present invention' is to provide a plaster board or other sound absorbing panel construction comprised of superimposed units/ having eachv longitudinal ledge thereof provided with grooves to accept to provide a plaster board or similar panel of the character stated in which the parts are reversible so that in tearing down a structure it is possible to effect a great saving.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a fplaster board or like panel construction of the character stated in which parallel spaced strips of paper, thin strips of wood, muslin, or other suitable material of required thickness are adhesively secured between superimposed units thereby to provide a central, elongated air compartment between vention is to provide a plaster board or like o lstruction embodying the invention, the right panel construction the units of which may or may not be paper covered and the outermost of which units has applied 'thereto a water proofing binder.

Withthese and other objects; in view, the.

invention consists'v of the novel-construction hereinafter described and finally claimed.

The nature, characteristic features amd d scope ofthe invention will-.bemore fully understood fromthe following description taken in connection .with the accompanying drawing forming part hereof, and in which Fig. 1 is a top or plan viewi'ofa panel con- `han-dvside of which broken away for purposes of clearer illustration;

Fig. 2 is a view in side elevation of Fig. 1; Fig. 3v is a view in cross-section of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view, principally in section, of a modified form of panel construction; and Fig. 5 is a fragmentary view in-section of a still further modified form of the invention.

For the purpose ,of illustrating Amy invention I have shown'in the accompanying drawing several forms thereof which are at present preferred by me, since the same have been found in practice to give satisfactory and reliable results, although it is to be understood that the various instrumentalities of which my invention consists can be variously arranged and organized and that my invention is not limited to the precise arrangement and organization of the instrumegitalities as herein shown and described.

Referring to the drawing in detail, and with` more especial relation to Figs. 1 to 3 inelusive, the reference numeral 10 designates a panel as used in the plastering tradev the same comprising superimposed plasterboards 11 and 12. The plaster/board 11 is ofconventionall form and is p/apercovered as at 13.

The plaster board 12 is also papercovered as at 14, but in addition is treated to a coating to constitute a waterprooiin binder desig# nated 15. The binder prefere ly constitutes a mulsified asphalt solution. superimposed plaster boards 11 and 12 are arranged spaced'strips of thin paper, thin wood, muslin, or other suitable material of required thickness designated by the reference nu- Between the4 meral 16'. These strips parallel the side edges l of the panels and are adhesively secured between the plaster boards to provide an elongated air space 17 which, together with the strips 16, extends throughout the entire length of a pair of superimposed units,'as best seen ini 1g. l. These strips 16, however, while ."w-I

paralleling thev Ilon itudinal edges. of the units are set away or ack from the longitudi-l nal .edges thereof, "to provide longitudinal grooves 18, best seendn Fig. 1. 'The purpose o f these grooves 18 is to accommodate the opposed feet of metal clips fully ldescribed and CFI of a plaster board, superimposed units are disclosed which are not paper covered and which may be of any desired material. In-

' troduced between the units 20 are parallel spaced strips 2l which may be paper, thin wood, muslin, or other material of required thickness to form the air space 22.

Among the advantages'l claimed for the above described panel, mention may be made of the following: A central air space is provided between adjacent units; opposed longitudinal grooves are present for the accommodation of attachment clips; by reason of the central elongated space bet-Ween thesuperimposed units, clip accommodating space i provided at the respective ends of a panel regardless of whether the panel is used'in its original form or in replacement'is cut to a shorter length. Writh regard to the last statement, it may be said'that the panels are reversible so that in tearing down a structure it is possible to save all of the panels, all of the channels, and all of the clips so that in effect 100% ofthe entire structure may be salvaged. The only exception is that the iiller coat must be replaced in order to give the appearance of a new surfacing.

Referring nowl to Fig. 5, in lieu of providing air space 22 I propose filling the same with a soundIabsorbing material 23 asmineral wool, asbestos, or other suitable mater'al, to render sound proofing qualities. The. dvani tage of this structure over the air space 22 is that the air space has the tendency to give 0E a hollow sound, whereas the sound absorbing material has the tendency to produce a muflied sound. v

What is claimed is:

1. As a new article of manufacture, a panel comprised of superimposed units to form an integral structure, said units having adhesively secured therebetween in spaced relation thin strips of suitable material arranged in parallelism` with the outermost of said strips disposed adjacent to the longest edges ofthe respective units to provide\a marginal groove for metal clip accommodation, there being left remaining a central air space between said units.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a panel strips disposed adjacent to the longest edges o f the respective units to provide a marginal groove for metal clip accommodation, j

there being left remaining a central air space between said units, the outermost of said units being treated with a water proofing binder. 3. As a new articleof manufacture, a panel comprised'of superimposed units to form an integral structure, said units having adhesively secured therebetween in spaced relation thin strips of suitable material arranged in parallelism' with the outermost of said strips disposed adjacent to the longest edges of the respective units Zto provide a marginal groove for metal clip accommodation, there being left remaining a central air space eX.- tending throughout the length of and tween said superimposed units.

'4. As a new article of manufacture, a panel comprised of super'mposed units having arranged therebetweriaad adhesively secured thereto thin spaced strips of suitable material arranged in parallelism to provide a central elongated space, a filling of sound-absorbing material introduced in said space, and opposed Inzirginal grooves for said panel. 5. `As a new article of manufacture, a panel comprised of superimposed l paper covered units to form an integral structure, said units having adhesively secured-therebetween in spaced relation strips of suitable material arrangedin parallelism with the outermost of said strips disposed adjacenteto the longest ginal groove for metal clip accommodation, d

there being left remaining a central air space between -said superimposed units.

- 6. As a new article of manufacture, a panel comprised of superimposed units having arranged therebetween and adhesively secured thereto thin spaced strips of paper disposed in parallelism thereby to 'provide a central elongated air space and opposed marginal grooves for said panel.

'7. As a new articleof manufacture a panel comprised of superimposed sound absorbing units having arranged therebetween and adhesively secured thereto thin spaced strips of appreciable thickness disposed in parallelism, thereby to provide a central elongated air space between said superimposed units, there being opposed marginal grooves for the said panels.

longest edges of p EDMOND F. VENZIE.

comprised of superimposed units to form an l integralstructure, said, units having adhesively secured therebetween in spaced relation thin strips of suitable material arranged 

